Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Holiday and other second homes account for 15% of homes. The median home sells for €967/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Riom-ès-Montagnes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Riom-ès-Montagnes with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Riom-ès-Montagnes.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Riom-ès-Montagnes: 40% are 65 or over, above Cantal’s towns and compared French towns
59.2median age
One in ten residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.4% of residents, below both Cantal’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 17% of adults.
Riom-ès-MontagnesCantal medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Cantal median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Riom-ès-Montagnes than in Cantal’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.23/m² a month
€967/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Riom-ès-Montagnes: €1,159/m² for houses, €734/m² for apartments. Sales here from July 2023 to June 2026: 99 houses and apartments. Among the homes sold, 68% were houses.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Riom-ès-Montagnes€967/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Cantal median€1,411/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,159/m²
67
Apartments
€734/m²
32
€8.23/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.27 to €10.82/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,350
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Riom-ès-Montagnes runs lower than in 91% of compared French towns
4.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Jobs outnumber working residents in Riom-ès-Montagnes (1,400 to 850): it draws people in from around. Graded property crimes ran at 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.7 (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 17 offenses recorded in the town. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Other physical violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence7
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
4.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (16.3% of the index here). As that share tops 10%, this Safety Grade carries more doubt than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Riom-ès-Montagnes run above what its ages would predict: 108 per 100 expected, more than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns
+8%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Riom-ès-Montagnes can choose among 5 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Riom-ès-Montagnes is Centre hospitalier de Mauriac, 16.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 454 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 583, 28% more. Life expectancy at birth in Cantal is 84.4 years for women and 80.2 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted108
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Riom-ès-Montagnes · 4.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Mauriac
24.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Ussel
84.4 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Cantal, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
For walkability, Riom-ès-Montagnes ranks above 76% of compared French towns
19%walk, cycle or take transit
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,910 a year. At the census, 19.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than both Cantal’s towns (17.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The unemployment rate comes to 7.9%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot17%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
1,400
jobs based in Riom-ès-Montagnes, 1.6 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Riom-ès-Montagnes keeps more of its old housing than Cantal’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to prehistory. Among the classé monuments in Riom-ès-Montagnes is Habitations préhistoriques de Châteauneuf. This Cantal town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Riom-ès-Montagnes is a commune of 2,405 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Population
2,405 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays Gentiane
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
18.1 sq mi (46.7 km²)
INSEE code
15162
Riom-ès-Montagnes’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
